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Using the correct pinyin tone can mean the difference between calling your mom "mother (mā) and "horse" (mǎ). Disaster averted.

You'll want to put a pin in this pinyin video (get it? get it?) so you can watch it as many times as you need.

It's time to put the person in personal pronouns—and in this case, we mean a virtual person giving you the rundown on personal pronouns.

We think radicals are rad. Sorry, we just couldn't resist.

Come meet the family: grandparents, parents, siblings, and most importantly, the dog.

Where are you from? Where are we from? Where are any of us really from?

This one or that one? We'd settle for both sports cars and both dogs, but we're greedy like that.

It's what's on the inside that counts...except when you're practicing your Chinese and describing physical features.

People-watching: it's our fave activity for when there's nothing good on Netflix.

How is it? Your opinions about cars, movies, and...Minions matter.

Too salty? Too sweet? Too spicy? It's all a matter of taste...literally.

Come in, come in. It's time for the grand tour.

We've got a passion for fashion.

Let us introduce you to our best friend, favorite classmate, and S.O. They're real people, we swear.

Anyone got a 铅笔 we can borrow?

We left all our school supplies at home. Could we borrow a textbook? And a pencil? And your lunch?

Time to 上网 and watch this video about 上.

Where's our backpack? Where are our keys? Where's our left shoe? We go through this every morning before leaving the house.

We at Shmoop are more of a "watch from the sidelines and hope the ball doesn't hit us in the face" kind of athletes.

What do you like to do in your free time? We love knitting sweaters for our seven cats...but that's probably not everyone's cup of tea.